Age to breed ?

[Basement Bettas]

Originally Posted by madmonahan

The male and female should be around the same size and
No younger than 4 months ;)

My recent black spawn was three months. Depends on the maturity of the fish. You will find they tear each other up less when younger.

[Basement Bettas]

Originally Posted by babystarz

Well, they're fully mature and grown by 5-6 months, and most are not bred after a year old, so that leaves a breeder with a pretty small window of time for breeding a particular fish :)

You will find most of us "breeders" try to get them bred by 4 months. They are easy to spawn and do not tend to do as much damage. I often can breed them a few times and still have great finnage to show.

These fish are 3 months.. mature and very ready to spawn.

http://youtu.be/QUuQ-dHiLwo

[Aahnay]

Thank you.. Hmm mine dont seem to have that much finage.

[Basement Bettas]

Originally Posted by Aahnay

Thank you.. Hmm mine dont seem to have that much finage.

lol.. that is what we breed for.. and these guys were spoiled.

[Aahnay]

Hmm, the ones i got came from a breeder too... The male was by himself but the female was with a sorority. He has grown since Ive had him too, I am surprised, but she doesnt look like she has grown at all.

[nemolover]

Originally Posted by babystarz

Yeah, the Thai imports get around :P I bought one from a breeder in Georgia that originally came from Thailand, but he's never been bred and I will not be breeding him. And he's not going anywhere so he can relax!

The history of bettas being shipped all over the globe for their genes goes back to the 70's and 80's; the first breeder to start creating for halfmoons sent his breeding males to several other breeders in Europe and the U.S. Every halfmoon in existence is a descendant of that first prototype halfmoon male. The story is a fascinating read: http://bettysplendens.com/articles/p...articleid=1024

Wow! Crazy stuff!